Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.